Shazam Exceeds a Quarter of a Billion Users Worldwide and Expands
Shazam for TV in the U.S. to Include Any Show, Any Channel

Shazam fans can use the app as a "TV companion app" with any TV show in the U.S. to access cast details and photos, music in the show, celebrity gossip, trivia, celebrity tweets, and links to additional information, plus the ability to instantly share and comment on the show or episode on Facebook and Twitter. (Photo: Business Wire)

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Shazam fans can use the app as a "TV companion app" with any TV show in the U.S. to access cast details and photos, music in the show, celebrity gossip, trivia, celebrity tweets, and links to additional information, plus the ability to instantly share and comment on the show or episode on Facebook and Twitter. (Photo: Business Wire)

Starting today, when people in the U.S. use the Shazam App while watching television, they have a fast and easy way to access featured music - Shazam has leveraged its rich music history and its 20+ million track database to identify the music featured in whatever people are watching (Photo: Business Wire)

Starting today, when people in the U.S. use the Shazam App while watching television, they have a fast and easy way to access convenient links to show-related information at IMDB, Wikipedia, and the official site for the show. (Photo: Business Wire)

Starting today, when people in the U.S. use the Shazam App while watching television, they have a fast and easy way to access: Cast information - the app will list the cast featured in the program, guest stars, as well as other shows they've been in. Trivia - fans can learn more about their favorite program and even read about the occasional goofs with the trivia feature in the app. Celebrity buzz - gives fans all the latest gossip about the show and the stars in it. Social sharing - live Twitter feeds as well as commenting in the app makes it fun to talk with your friends about what you're watching. (Photo: Business Wire)

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shazam®,
the world’s leading media engagement company, today announced that it
has achieved the major milestone of exceeding a quarter of a billion
users globally. Shazam also announced that it has expanded its Shazam
for TV™ second-screen service in the U.S. to support TV programming on
any channel, anytime of day. Now, Shazam fans can use the app as a “TV
companion app” with any TV show in the U.S. to access cast details and
photos, music in the show, celebrity gossip, trivia, celebrity tweets,
and links to additional information, plus the ability to instantly share
and comment on the show or episode on Facebook and Twitter.

“With more than a quarter of a billion people who have used Shazam
worldwide, no other app has our scale when it comes to offering the
opportunity to engage with the media that interests them the most,
whether it’s music or television.And now, that experience is
even better than before, enabling people in the US to engage with any
show at any time,” said Andrew Fisher, Shazam CEO.

Starting today, when people in the U.S. use the Shazam App while
watching television, they have a fast and easy way to access:

Featured music – Shazam has leveraged its rich music history and its
20+ million track database to identify the music featured in whatever
people are watching

Cast information – the app will list the cast featured in the
programme, guest stars, as well as other shows they’ve been in

Trivia – fans can learn more about their favourite programme and even
read about the occasional goofs with the trivia feature in the app

Celebrity buzz – gives fans all the latest gossip about the show and
the stars in it

Social sharing – live Twitter feeds as well as commenting in the app
makes it fun to talk with your friends about what you’re watching

More information – convenient links to show-related information at
IMDB, Wikipedia, and the official site for the show.

Additionally, different types of programming will feature different
results. For instance, sports events will include stats, scores and
schedules instead of cast information.

“Over the last year, Shazam has been testing and learning what works
by building dozens of custom interactive second-screen experiences for
select television shows and events like the Olympics on NBC, American
Idol, the GRAMMYs, and the Super Bowl, as well as other live and
scripted programming across sports, reality, dramas, comedy and awards
shows,” said Doug Garland, Chief Revenue Officer. “We’ve applied
what we’ve learned to our newly expanded service, and will continue to
work closely with our network partners and show producers to build
special, unique second-screen experiences for their tent-pole television
events and many of the most popular shows on TV.”

Currently, the Shazam for TV service is available in the UK and Western
Europe providing second-screen interactivity for television advertising
campaigns for global brands such as Renault, Toyota, Reebok, Schweppes,
Unilever, Microsoft and Pepsi. In the coming months, the service will be
expanded so that Shazam fans in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain
will also be able to use the app to engage with the television
programmes they love.

In addition to expanding Shazam for TV, Shazam is also enhancing its
social features for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android devices. When
Shazamers activate the Shazam Friends feature in the app, they can see
what their Facebook friends are tagging, and now they will be able to
make comments about their friends’ tags in the app. Additionally, with
the activation, people’s tags will appear on their Facebook profile in
their timeline, enabling people to discuss with their friends in
Facebook what they are watching or listening to. For people who download
Shazam for the first time, they will see the “Login with Facebook”
message when they open the app for the first time. Users can also change
these Facebook sharing preferences in the Settings section of the app.
Social sharing via Twitter and Google+ is also available. These new
features will be released in the coming weeks with additional features
to be added in the coming months, including being able to Like tags.

“According to industry studies, 86% of smartphone owners use their
mobile device while watching TV and, with our expansion into television,
we’ve seen a surge of activity due to recent Shazam-enabled events such
as the NBC Olympic broadcast, where more than one million people tagged
the closing ceremony, as well as the US Open tennis grand slam event on
CBS earlier this month,” said Fisher. “We think that broadening
our television service and offering more comprehensive social features
will continue to drive activity and engagement.”

* Shazam for TV works for over 160 channels of television programming in
the U.S., regardless of whether you subscribe to cable or satellite TV
or watch broadcast TV over-the-air. However, it will not always support
local-only programming, for example, some local news broadcasts or local
paid advertising programmes.

About Shazam

Shazam is the world’s leading media engagement company with more than
250 million people in 200 countries and adding another 2 million new
users each week. With the industry’s unlimited fastest tagging in the
Free and premium Encore Apps on iOS and Android devices, Shazam is the
best way for people to discover, explore, buy, and share more music, TV
shows and branded content they love.

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